France | Gimpy Globetrotter

Oct 12, 20185 min read

Eurotrip 2018: Paris (Part II)

By the time we arrived back in Paris from Normandy, pretty much all the restaurants were closed so we wound up grabbing dinner at...

Oct 9, 20187 min read

Eurotrip 2018: Normandy

The time was finally here – I have wanted to visit the beaches of Normandy since I learned about D-Day in middle school, but I was never...

Oct 9, 20183 min read

Eurotrip 2018: Paris (Part I)

We arrived into Paris in the afternoon & went right to our hostel, which was located within a block of the train station we arrived into....

May 19, 20121 min read

Versailles Gardens

Bonjour! Today, I went to the Gardens at the Palace of Versailles. It took about an hour and forty minutes to get there from our hotel,...

May 18, 20122 min read

Free Day in Paris

Bonjour! Yesterday, I slept in until 11:30 AM and met up with a few friends at 12:45 PM at the Louvre. Since I spent a half of a day...

May 18, 20121 min read

Paris with the Group

Bonjour! We arrived in Paris at 1:00 PM and hopped right on a bus for a coach tour. We drove all around Paris and stopped for lunch at...

Apr 2, 20114 min read

Spring Break – Reflections

I am currently crossing another thing off of my very long bucket list of things to do while studying abroad in Europe – ride the train...

Apr 1, 20114 min read

Spring Break: Days 7, 8 & 9 – Paris

Today is the last day of my spring break tour with Bus2Alps. We’ve been in Paris for two days now and it is an absolutely beautiful...

Feb 26, 20114 min read

Carnivale in the French Riviera

Hi Everyone! I am definitely settling into life in Rome, Italy (or Europe in general). After spending last weekend in Florence, I had a...